[moneydance] MD freezes then unfreezes

[Gordon Alley]

Maybe MD is reading the file, and the server stops responding for a bit.
Try the experiment I suggested, and run MD from a local copy of the file. It
the problem disappears, and reappears when you go back to using the file on
.Mac, then that's a pretty good indication that the problem is related to
the fact that the file is "in the cloud".

-Gordon


On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 8:50 PM, John Lin <john.lin at grasshopperasia.com>wrote:

> i got a short reply from MD (sean) that when MD is auto-saving, it
> "locks" the data... so this does make sense, EXCept that my auto-save
> is off!
>
> i guess the question then is, does MD write to files in the background
> even if auto-save is off.  if it does, then maybe (like your flash
> drive), my saving to .mac is the problem.
>
> i would note that i save a lot of files to .mac (eg Word, Xcel, other
> apps etc) that have auto-save functionality, and none of them freeze up.
>
> that said, i am still a big fan of MD and have no regrets since
> switching from quicken years ago.  i hope someone can shed more light
> on this.
>
> jhlin
>
>
> On Jan 15, 2009, at 10:25 AM, john cous wrote:
>
> > I noticed a similar effect when I was using a flash drive as my file
> > source.
> > It just took time for Moneydance to write to the flash drive.
> >
> > I'm a newbie but is it possible that MD is simply writing to files?
> >
> > jfcous
>

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